# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-simmons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:30.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-simmons"
name: "Sonny Simmons"
slug: "sonny-simmons"
description: "Huey \"Sonny\" Simmons was an American jazz musician."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1933-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_Simmons.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-08-04"
deathDate: "2021-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             0.6616078956504488
  historical:           9.21548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335742/"
    handle:    "nm1335742"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/29947"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سوني سيمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سونی سیمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Simmons"
    title: "Sonny Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83d5d2c1-674b-4b8b-b47f-0e7e2e42e850"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump